Leviticus 8:3
And thou shalt gather together all the congregation to the door of the tabernacle.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- et congregabis omnem cœtum ad ostium tabernaculi.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν συναγωγὴν ἐκκλησίασον ἐπὶ τὴν θύραν τῆς σκηνῆς τοῦ μαρτυρίου.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וְאֵ֥ת כָּל הָעֵדָ֖ה הַקְהֵ֑ל אֶל פֶּ֖תַח אֹ֥הֶל מוֹעֵֽד
The Fathers on this verse
St Cyril of Jerusalem On the Words, And in One Holy Catholic Church, and in the Resurrection of the Flesh, and the Life Everlasting
24. And it is rightly named (Ecclesia) because it calls forth and assembles together all men; according as the Lord says in Leviticus, And make an assembly for all the congregation at the door of the tabernacle of witness . And it is to be noted, that the word assemble , is used for the first time in the Scriptures here, at the time when the Lord puts Aaron into the High-priesthood. And in Deuteronomy also the Lord says to Moses, Assemble the people unto Me, and let them hear My words, that they may learn to fear Me . And he again mentions the name of the Church, when he says concerning the Tables, And on them were written all the words which the Lord spake with you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the Assembly ; as if he had said more plainly, in the day in which ye were called and gathered together by God. …